Can you tow a manual trans 240 with rear wheels down if its in neutral?

[cadet]

Need to tow my 240sx on a car dolly, choices are:Front wheels down with steering wheel locked using a tie down to the brake pedal. I'm worried the front bumper will hit (RSR race springs).

Rear wheels down with transmission in neutral.

The car will be towed around 200 miles in this configuration. I will not be reusing the transmission once it gets where it is going, so if it suffers damage its not that big of a deal, however, I'd rather avoid that if possible. The clutch I will be reusing. I am not there to drop the driveshaft or I would. The car is going to be towed by a friend of mine who is doing me a HUGE FAVOR just by agreeing to come get it, no way I can ask him to drop the shaft in the snow. Will it be ok? The guy at the Uhual place told me that its only automatics that need to have the driveshaft disconnected, but their own literature recommends that you drop the driveshaft for all RWD cars.Reading online, I haen't found any speicifc information for the 240sx, but it appears that for some cars it is recommended and for some it is not. Please help me out guys!Thanks,Andrew

[The 240 kid]

I believe you should be fine with the rears down, but the miles will add up on the odometer. I think that is really the only difference with dropping the shaft.

[cadet]

OK... I checked the FSM and they say they "recommend that the vehicle be towed only with rear wheels off the ground" but then right below that, there is the proper procedure for towing an automatic in the rear wheels (30 miles below 55 mph or something like that) but the manual isn't mentioned.

[TrunkMonkey]

my old fastback was towed a couple of hundred miles with the rear wheels down. it was done with the transmission in 5th gear. no damage done.

-demetrius

[ILikeMy240sx]

Is there a reason why you put it to 5th gear? Intuitively, I feel like it would be better in neutral...

[Altiman94]

I wouldnt do it an automatic. Without the car running ther eis no fluid flow, hence the transmission will get hot and have bad results on it.